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PM to address on National Panchayati Raj Day from Madhubani on Thursday

PM to address on National Panchayati Raj Day from Madhubani on Thursday

Patna, Apr 23 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and Gram Sabhas across the country from Madhubani of Bihar on National Panchayati Raj Day on Thursday and will also confer Special Category National Panchayat Awards 2025 on this occasion.
Official sources said here on Wednesday that foolproof security arrangements have been made for the arrival of the PM who would dedicate to the nation and lay foundation stone for several key infrastructure and welfare projects including LPG bottling plants, electrification projects, housing schemes, railway infrastructure and road development, amounting to Rs.13,500 crores.
The event was being organised at Lohna Uttar Gram Panchayat, Jhanjharpur Block in Madhubani District of Bihar to commemorate National Panchayati Raj Day (NPRD) on Thursday, marking thirty-two years of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, which gave constitutional status to Panchayats as institutions of rural local self-government.

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